Premiers (LA)

– Baby/ New Moon, ’56 (Dig 106)

– Have A Heart/ My Darling, ’56 (Dig 113)

– Your Kiss, ’57 (Dig 141-Unreleased)

– Red Sails In The Sunset, ’57 (Dig 141-Unreleased & Relic LP 5052 (A2), ’85)

– My Darling, ’85 (Relic LP 5052 (B3))

– Baby, ’85 (Relic LP 5052 (B9))

 

Premiers (Julie Stevens & The) – Blue Mood/ Crazy Bells, ’56 (Dig 115 & Eldo 107, ’60)

• No information was found for the book’s listing on:  Dice 115.

 

Premiers (LA-Uncredited) backing Julie Stephens (Johnny Otis Orchestra) – Take My Heart/ I Don’t Want To Know, ’57 (Dig 129)

• Book also listed under Julie Stevens.

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Premiers (Chicago) (John McKinney & The) – Angels In The Sky/ Gee (How I Love You), ’56 (Mad 1009)

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Premiers (NY-Gone Label) – Is It A Dream/ Valerie, ’57 (Gone 5009)

• Writing credits: Robert Lucas/ Tennis Tinn.

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Premiers (Detroit) – When You Are In Love/ The Trap Of Love, ’57 (Fortune 527)

• Group members listed on label: Joe Carter, Alice McLeod, George Bohannon & Jesse Carter.

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Premiers (RCA Group) (w Sonny) – Hey Miss Fancy, ’57 (RCA 6958)

Premiers (RCA Group) (w Leroy) –  Run Along Baby, ’57 (RCA 6958)

Premiers (RCA Group) (w Leroy) –  Run Along Baby (Coast 102-bootleg)

• Other information indicates these Coast bootlegs are from the mid 1980s.
• See comment for A-side flip link.
• A scan for the B-side flip, ‘I’m So Sad’ by Jimmy Dockett is @ youtube.com/watch?v=BVM12KLQbL0.

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Premiers (New Jersey) – Hop And Skip/ Uh-Huh, ’58 (Bond 5803-5804)

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Premiers (Cindy Group) – China Doll/ Life Is Grand, ’58 (Cindy 3008)

• No scans found.
• No info on group.

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Premiers & The Invictas (F-M) – Do It (1:40)/ Magic Of Love/ Do It, ’59 (F-M 677)

• A comment @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqT8XHnjlk by Glen Fisher states: “The Invictas were..Charlie Sotiropoulos on the organ, Billy theoroux on drums, Ken Demers on Bass and Jim Maynard on guitar..In the late 60’s we changed our line-up  and name to Invictus..Frankie Hill, Charlie Sot. on the B-3..Turk Turconi on Bass, and Billy Theroux on drums.

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Premiers (Mink & Best)

– Angel Love/ False Love, ’59 (Best 1004)

• Writing credits: Baratta-Salm Tella (sp)/ Caselnova-Epstein (sp?).
• Book dated as 1962 under Julie Stevens & The Premiers.  All sources say 1959.

– I Think I Love You/ Tonight, ’59 (Mink 021 & Parkway 807, ’60)

• Writing credits on both sides: Medora-White.

 

Both Best and Mink are Philadelphia labels.  Old info I had was that they were the same group: Are they?

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The following are the Roger Koob related groups.

• With further personnel changes to the Premiers-Travelers groups, Roger Koob later formed the Frontiers (New Haven) group on Philips & MGM.

 

Premiers (New Haven) (First Group) (ft Roger Koob) – Linda/ I Needed Love, ’59 (Alert 703)

Premiers (New Haven) (First Group) – Jolene/ Oh Theresa, ’59 (Alert 706)

 

Premiers (New Haven) (Second Group)

– Pigtails Eyes Are Blue/ I Pray, ’60 (Fury 1029)

– Falling Star/ She Gives Me Fever, ’61 (Rust 5032)

 

Premiers (New Haven) (Second Group) as Roger & The Travelers – You’re Daddy’s Little Girl/ Just Gotta Be That Way, ’61 (Ember 1079)

 

Premiers (New Haven) (Second Group) as Roger & The Travellers – To Be My Love/ Smile, ’78 (Crystal Ball 128)

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Premiers (Los Angeles) – True Deep Love/ The Red-Light Bandit, ’60 (Doré 547)

• The First Group of Premiers is Rockabilly Style.
• Writing credits on both sides: Marty Cooper.

 

Premiers (Los Angeles)

– Evening Star/ Last Of The Real Smart Guys, ’61 (Doré 603)

– What Makes Little Girls Cry/ She Goes Oonka Chicka, ’61 (Doré 614)

The Second Group of Premiers is Doowop Style.

• Marty Cooper produced.

 

Note: These two Premiers groups on Doré are label-named and unconnected to each other.

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Prince Joseph’s Premiers – Reverie {I}/ Double Date {I}, ’61 (Clock 1042)

• Book mixed among other Premiers groups.

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Premiers (East Los Angeles) (Ronnie (Montoya) & The) – Sharon/ Cha Cha Rock, ’61 (Highland 1014)

• Writing credits on both sides:  Montoya-Rodriguez.

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Premiers (Baltimore) backing Herb Johnson – Help/ Crying Blues, ’63 (Palm 301)

• Premiers gm:  Louis Jackson.

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Premiers (Arcadia CA Label) – Frantic {I}, ’64 (Sahara 103)

• The A-side flip, The Beatle Walk’, is by the Phaetons.

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Premiers (Greenville MS-Chicago) (ref Eddie Clark) – Speaking Of You/ Funky Monkey (Over-dubbed Vocal Version), ’68 (Odex 1711)

• The time stamps on both the Odex 1711 and JOB 503 releases are the same.
  • Most sources date JOB 503 as 1971 and say it is the reissue.
    • ‘Speaking Of You’ is the same ‘Vocal’ as the Odex 1711 issue.
    • ‘Funky-Monkey’ is an {I} on JOB 503.

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Premiers (Philly Soul) (ref J Kelly) – Lonely Weatherman/ I Won’t Stand In Your Way, ’70 (Mohican 100 & Scepter 12298)

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Premeres (ft Artie & Linda) – Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside), ’64 (Chancellor 1147)

Premeres (Artie & Linda With The) – Blueberry Hill, ’64 (Chancellor 1147)

• Book listed as a Premiers group.

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Premieres (Wichita Kansas Group) – Firewater {I}, ’59 (Nu-Phi 701-702 (U-428))

Premieres (Wichita Kansas Group) (Vocal-Bucky Walters) – Younger Than You, ’59 (Nu-Phi 701-702 (U-429))

Book listed as Premiers.

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